The Belgian national men's field hockey team represents Belgium in international men's field hockey and is controlled by the Royal Belgian Hockey Association, the governing body for field hockey in Belgium.
Belgium won the Men's Hockey World Cup in 2018, the European Championship in 2019, the 2020-21 FIH Pro League and the gold medal at 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They also won a silver medal at the 2023 Bhubaneswar & Rourkela and 2016 Rio de Janeiro and a bronze medal at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Olympics. They reached eight semi-finals at the European Championship since 1995, including a third place in 2007, 2021, 2023 and runners-up in 2013 and 2017.
They also have won, in 2025, the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, by defeating India 1–0 in the final. This is their first title in this invitational tournament.
History Hockey was introduced in Belgium in 1902. The country's first club was founded in 1904. In 1907, several clubs established the Belgian Hockey Association. Belgium played its first international match against Germany, and was one of the founding members of the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
Between 1920 and 1978, Belgium appeared in two of the first three World Cups and in eleven out of thirteen Summer Olympics. After the successful early years (before the 1950s) with three times being among the best five at the Summer Olympics, it would last six decades before Belgium reached the international field hockey top again from the 1990s on.
By the early 2000s, the Royal Belgian Hockey Association started to invest heavily in the youth and modernized its structures. In 2007, Belgium won the bronze medal at the European Championship, a first in the country's history. Belgium also qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, for the first time in 32 years.
Belgium won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics, a second medal after Belgium ended third at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Two years later Belgium won the 2018 Hockey World Cup. It was the first major international title in the country's history. A year later Belgium won the gold medal at the European Championship which was held in Antwerp. They secured their second consecutive olympic medal through reaching the gold medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Honours Summer Olympics First place: 2020 Second place: 2016 Third place: 1920
World Cup First place: 2018 Second place: 2023 European Championship First place: 2019 Second place: 2013, 2017 Third place: 2007, 2021, 2023
FIH Pro League First place: 2020–21, 2025–26 Second place: 2019, 2021–22, 2024–25 Third place: 2022–23
Hockey World League Second place: 2014–15
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup First place: 2025
Champions Challenge First place: 2011 Third place: 2005
Belgian National Sports Merit Award Winners: 1959, 2019
Belgian Sportsteam of the Year Winners: 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019
Note : The years about the medal templates of the FIH Pro League indicate in which year the last match was played. The place indicate in which place the last match of the team was played.
Tournament history A red box around the year indicates a tournament played within Belgium.
Summer Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place
Olympic Games recordYearRoundPosition 1908did not participate 1912Not held 19203rd place match3rd3102619 1924Not held 19283rd place match 4th5302812 1932did not participate 1936Group phase9th302158 1948Group phase5th420268 1952Second round9th210161 1956Group phase7th301205 1960Group phase11th511379 1964Group phase11th72231013 1968Group phase9th8413179 1972Group phase10th8215916 1976Group phase9th63031119 1980did not qualify 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008Group phase9th62131213 2012Group phase5th6312139 2016Final2nd86022911 2020Final1st86203513 2024Quarterfinals5th64111710 2028QualifiedTotalBest: Champion17/2688401335291173
World Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place FIH World Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1971did not participate 1973Group phase8th5203812 1975did not participate 1978Group phase14th61231218 1982did not participate 1986 1990 1994Group phase11th5014626 1998did not qualify 2002Group phase14th7007723 2006did not qualify 2010 20145th–6th play-off5th64022113 2018Final1st7520225 2023Final2nd6330218 20267th–8th play-off7th62311311TotalBest: Winners7/1548171120110116
European Championship Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place European Championship RecordYearRoundPosition 1970Second round5th7601187 1974Group phase10th621379 1978did not participate 1983Group phase8th7214817 1987Group phase10th71331421 1991Group phase9th74031417 19953rd place match 4th7322128 19993rd place match 4th74031928 2003Group phase6th72232121 20053rd place match 4th5113620 20073rd place match 3rd52211614 2009Group phase5th53022211 20113rd place match 4th52031412 2013Final2nd5311126 2015Group phase5th53112013 2017Final2nd5212139 2019Final1st5500222 20213rd place match3rd53111910 20233rd place match 3rd5401178 2025Group phase5th5302229 2027QualifiedTotal1 title20/21110551639295245
FIH Pro League Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
*There are no rounds in this competition because the teams play in a round-robin format. FIH Pro League recordYearRoundPosition 2019Final*2nd1693457332020–21Final*1st1493240262021–22Final*2nd16104252252022–233rd place match*3rd16100642372023–245th place match*5th1672741392024–25Final*2nd1684453392025–26Final*1st1613215927TotalBest: Champions7/7110591826344226
Hockey World League (defunct) Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Hockey World League recordYearPositionRound2012–135thRound 25500446Semifinal6420189Final61239102014–152ndSemifinal7511218Final63121492016–175thSemifinal7601378Final5401155TotalBest: 2ndFinal42286815855
Champions Trophy (defunct) Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Champions Trophy recordYearRoundPosition 1978until 2011did not participate 2012First round5th62041516 2014Second round8th61321315 2016Second round5th62221315 2018Second round5th61411215TotalBest: 5th place4/37246995361
Champions Challenge (defunct) Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Champions Challenge recordYearRoundPosition 20015th–6th play-off6th6006618 2003did not participate 20053rd place match 3rd63212617 20075th–6th play-off6th61141321 20097th–8th play-off7th5203139 2011Final1st64202212 2012did not participate 2014TotalBest: Winners5/832135148077
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place Sultan Azlan Shah Cup recordYearRoundPosition 1983until 2007did not participate 20085th–6th play-off6th72051821 2009until 2024did not participate 2025Final1st6510257 2026TotalBest: Winners2/31137154328
*Draws include matches decided on a penalty shoot-out.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2025–26
2026–27
Team Current squad The following 21 players will be called up for the 2025–26 FIH Pro League in Wavre, Belgium at 23 to 28 June 2026 and the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup at 15 to 30 August.
Caps and goals updated as of 28 August, after the match against India.
Head coach: Shane McLeod
Recent call-ups The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months.
See also Belgium men's national under-21 field hockey team Belgium women's national field hockey team
References
External links
FIH profile